Clothes drier



H. H. HOOVER CLOTHES DRIER Filed April 11, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 izz 1June 8 1926. 1,587,527

June 8,1926.

H. H. HOOVER CLOTHES DRIER Filed April 11 1924 2 Shams-Sheet 2 I re lill

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' L nda ii in liopiieai/ien Zihis ii'ivenlioje relates Lo imp "other;driers and more per pe designed inc-ii; yen" An iiiipor'l'ent olojee';oi. iio oro'vide clothes drier cloines iireeme sired lay us v A for.1631 object woeroin be raised or iowereoi as of like invention is to orwhich may lie opereat {effort and greii'ldy (1,5 of the clothes.

iii. the dy A still for their object of lire invention is lto orovrde edeviee or". s elioriacl; 11' which is comperaiively simple, yet durablein con-- street/ion arid eiiieieni: for the pur ose ill tended,

@liliiei" oi end admin-i veiition w, l mopereiit. doing; oi? thefoiiowiiig; description.

In the eeeompeieying drawings forming a part; of this specification andin which like eumerels are employed to designate like oer-ts throughoutthe some; v

Figure 1 1S aside elevation oi" my asseiir loied device,

lligure 2 is a top plan View of the some Figure 3 is an enlarged topplan View of theopereting meel'iariism,

Figure an enlarged detailed View of ili'lB line 'eerrier,

Tigure is a fragmentaryvertical see- 1* lion taken on line 5-5 of Figure2.

In the drawings, the numerai 10 end 10 iiidieete upright-posts havingtheir lower o" iremi'cies embedded in the ground and preti em hly formedof i iron. llie post 10" L riee me opereliiig mechanism which (or oii'erectangular frame 11' secured. to one pose by means of knees 32 andhaving drums 13 and 13 rotatably mounted therein, The sheiir, of 'illlfidrum 13 carries a worm Wheel which meshes Willie Worm l5 harried oy a.shaft 16. The shaft 16 is positioned in brackets 17 and 18 arid isdisposed at eagle inclined Witlrrreletion to :1 horizontal The bracketsl7 and 18 are provided will; bearings 19 and 20 which receive the elrift1G. Collars 21- me provided upon. the siliefl; to prevent longitudinaldispleeemeiii the-reel Willi relation to the bearings. A. han le 22 iscarried at the lower end of the The sh-evil; of -the drum 13' carries agear Wheel which is located rd; the op osite side oftlie frame from thatside at w iyh the worm wheel laiis located. -A sin'iilar gear-Wheel 2%is coir- Si'lll'iiiof the l3 an meshes l ere ii'iQllllliBil iii; theupper end "N, 19" three pulleys ourl between the said brackets, toe somelieiii designated by bhe monorail 537 (lolore interposed Ween'tiiepulleys ior holding zlie rockets 29 are mounted at the upper end i"pose l0 and have pair of pulleys 3i. 1') f d I'llreee ;ween se-idpriileys 31 be ii v '5 v; D J: i j i 1 d II'Olli each other by a collar32.

i :lie l0 and 10 also iiesqourrodeo o the rower portion thereof a er idebly' meuriied upon .the i elie posts 16 and and web 00, e U-slieped.frame 38 extending across in spaced positions said frame which is heldin position lay pins A roiler all) is journaled upon each of the shafts38. A pair of oppositely disposed are mounted near the eu fierearemities o; each of the frames 37 and carry a pair of rollers l2mounted upon the shofls and adapted "no engage the sides of the posls,eaeli o'fseid frames :ilso'heving a eerew eye 43 car ied thereby.bracket ii'iomber 3T carried by each frame ET and fie frame erroi'igecl'upon the post 10 carries an o; e ie". A spring 44- is secured to one ofthe eyes l3 and is connected with slie'iine which has vii's opposite endattached to the eye carried from the frame arranged o llie o .i p sl,for illGlfllI'ilJOEiG of reline in a rent condition.

fill ol: Wires or cables 45 and are used for elevating or lowering theframes 37 oithe posts 10 find 10. The Wire or cable nee one end thereofiiattached. to the 2'13 carried by (heir-Lune 37 arranged open the post10, said wire'or cable 45 then being" or d about one of tliepulleys 81upon the up ier end 0 1' the post 10 and then across and over one of thepulleys 27 on bhe post 10. The intermediate portion of the wire cable41-13 is wound about the drum l3, and has opposite end portion extendingupwzi ily and over lllflli llrli one of the pub leys 2?? on the post10", then across and over the ollier pulley 31 upon the post 10, fromwhich said wire or cable extends down Wardiy and under the pulley on thepost 10 from which said Wire or cable extends upwardly and is utteel'iedto the eye &3 arranged upon (he frame that is slideloly e" mniee'i on.the post 10. Fiom ihe-iiorego- 15;, it can be seen ohat when the drumIQ'tfitfikli thet'one en portion thereof will he wo'unci upon the drmnwhile he other enci poreion. is unwound from the drum thus sensing theframe 37 on (she post 10 to either be elevated or lowered. The cable 46has one end thereof as indicaizeci by the numeral 46, attached to theeye 43 upon the flame 3'2 siidahiy mounted on the post 10, from whichsaid Win or cable 46 extencis' upwardly and over a pniiey 27 mountednponthe upper end of the post 30 and then eiowim'ardiy and wound 'ov the(item 13'. The other CD6. portion of the cehie 46 extends downwzudiy andunder the pulley. 33 on the lower poi" tien the post 10 and thenupwz'zz'ciiy a is connected to the eye 43 of the "frame 3 carried by thepost 10 as imiieateei by the numeral 46". It wili also be noted the?when the drum 13' is woeoted that one end portion thereof is Wound uponsaid drum while {the other end. portion unwound from. "the (1mm, thusraising and lowering the frame STmQLinted upon the post 16. the drums 13and. 13 are geared eogethez' by means of the gears 23 and one drum willhe roiisfieei upon Inflation of the other en that both or? the frames 37will either u'pwa rciiy downwahdiy on the'posts 10 and 10 so their. bothends of Wifi: ie-Z" Wiii eieveied on lower e together.

In use, the device may be remiiily iheteii in e backyard of the orrhhary(iweiiing house 01 any suitable place and. remix. operetel. W'iwn it isdesired to hang eio'ihee new the line the hendie iSTOiJil wusihe ihirrotation of the (in-Ems T23 einwmomg cert-e 111 end portions 0*" icables 45 and i6 and winding" mi nortions of said wires shape, size and.arrangement of pa 25- n" he r o to Without deperizing ..r o, inventionor the s ope elm.

hue described my invention, I

of the erier comprising spaced noe""2=, u 75; {iOHFIOEiiGLi at the upperand iowez poi; Uhe poses, frames siidably m t-- eo; he poses hei'weenthe pulley e 01' ippoii; eonnectea with the frzmp yielding eiemeni:eXer-ing i o n on both of the :frenzeo cables out the puiieys endconnected W3 1 win-'lingmechanism man of ie poles, eaiii e J Winci uponthe which he'rehy the frames are positiv I along; the postssimultaneously e many whereof, I have afiixei ing the space between themand i 2*

